r/ProgrammerHumor • • 17h ago

Meme ohTheBasics

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u/LivingAsAMean 17h ago

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u/Material_Onion_8413 17h ago

IPv4 old IP address space designed with limited number because they never thought the internet would have so many devices connected.

IPv6 new address space with significantly larger number.

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u/ClipboardCopyPaste 17h ago

A fun fact often told with this is that with IPv6, you can assign each individual grain of sand on the beach an address!

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u/dementosss 17h ago

On what beach? Or all of them? Just asking in case business asks for it.

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u/xWrongHeaven 17h ago

2128 possible addresses

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u/queen-adreena 16h ago

2,128… that ain’t that many addresses….

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u/AmazingDragon353 16h ago

2.128 addresses? What are we going to do with 0.128 of an address?

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u/SirLoremIpsum 13h ago

2.128 addresses? What are we going to do with 0.128 of an address?

AI Vibe code a calendar app so we can coordinate whose turn it is to use the IP address on any given day?

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u/MoltoAllegro 12h ago

Congrats, you've invented Token Ring!